BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Donald Fraser was mayor of Minneapolis from 1980 to 1993. Arvonne Fraser is a civic activist, senior fellow emeritus of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, and at the time of the interview, head of the Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Development of Riverplace; the Riverfront Development Coordination Board and its work; Nicollet Island clean-up and the influence of Father Moss, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church; the Pillsbury A Mill project and the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood; the Grove Street Flats; and the importance of the Stone Arch Bridge renovation.